Like him or not, Fergie won’t be forgotten

They say the measure of you as a coach or manager is what your players honestly think of you as a man 10 years after they’ve played for you.

The morning Alex Ferguson’s retirement was confirmed, we switched onto Sky Sports and three of the first four contributors were players that had fallen out with him, triggering their own departure from Old Trafford: Paul Ince, David Beckham and Dwight Yorke.

And what struck us was that all three spoke glowingly of him, with Ince talking of how he’s found Ferguson a real mentor during his own managerial career.